Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 at 10:00 am  |  30 responses

There Will Be No Twittering on Scott Skiles’s Watch

by Marcel Mutoni

You hear that, Charlie Villanueva? That’s the sound of your tweeting dreams dying, by the small, yet shockingly strong hands of your coach.

You’re not gonna believe this, but Scott Skiles (and his renowned joie de vivre) has told Charlie V to never use Twitter again during halftime of an NBA game. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

“We made a point to address Charlie and the team that it’s nothing we ever want to happen again,” Skiles said. “We don’t want to blow it out of proportion, but anything that gives the impression that we are not serious and focused at all times, is not the correct way we want to go about our business.”

Skiles said he chose not to fine Villanueva for using the online service. The Bucks allow players to use cell phones in the locker room before and after games.

“My personal opinion is, it (Twitter) doesn’t have any place in the locker room,” Skiles said. “The locker room is a private place for the players. Once you get out of the locker room or whatever, I’m not into getting into guys’ personal lives.”

Playing the role of the good soldier, Charlie says his twittering days during NBA contests are behind him.

@Scott_Skiles: Learn to relax.

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  • slamfan4life Posted: Mar.18 at 10:01 am
    Darn….

  • Fred34 Posted: Mar.18 at 10:02 am
    fluckin funniest thing I’ve heard all day. Go management !!!

  • Hisham Posted: Mar.18 at 10:04 am
    I agree with Skiles.

  • Tuomas Posted: Mar.18 at 10:07 am
    Sweet Jesus I fell of my chair hard when I saw the pic and the headline. Applause.

  • Kristopher Hollie Posted: Mar.18 at 10:18 am
    Marcel is a great headline writer lol.

  • Hisham Posted: Mar.18 at 10:24 am
    Skiles has Twitter on his watch?

  • niQ Posted: Mar.18 at 10:40 am
    The picture related to this article just makes this that much more epic.

  • niQ Posted: Mar.18 at 10:40 am
    in relation to the “@Scott_Skiles: Learn to relax.” part.. xD

  • Zee! Posted: Mar.18 at 10:45 am
    Everyone knew this was gonna happen right?

  • Z Posted: Mar.18 at 11:26 am
    I 100% agree with Skiles.

  • Yknot Posted: Mar.18 at 11:48 am
    I’m sure this is the same attitude that made him such a lovable guy in the Chi!

  • PoppaGrizzly Posted: Mar.18 at 12:13 pm
    Good to see Skiles didn’t go overboard with it, seems like it was dealt with accordingly.

  • Gerard Himself Posted: Mar.18 at 12:55 pm
    agreed. Too bad I can’t call him Cha’li Twitta anymore.

  • Anton Posted: Mar.18 at 2:08 pm
    twitter sucks

  • a_whiteman Posted: Mar.18 at 2:18 pm
    Good, he should be focused on the task at hand, not twitting.

  • tealish Posted: Mar.18 at 2:20 pm
    Learn to relax? About headbands yes, about twittering during halftime – no. Nothing wrong with this call.

  • Tommy Patron Posted: Mar.18 at 2:29 pm
    Amen.

  • overtime Posted: Mar.18 at 3:51 pm
    i agree with scott skiles…now i feel dirty

  • JoeMaMa Posted: Mar.18 at 4:36 pm
    Twitter’s the new facebook’s the new myspace’s the new MSN messenger’s the new cellphone’s the new pager’s the new atari’s the new microwave’s the new tv’s the new coal’s the……
    But what’s the new twitter?

  • luke Posted: Mar.18 at 5:10 pm
    How about actually just talking to someone….??

  • Dacre Posted: Mar.18 at 6:32 pm
    Scott Skiles may not have been quoted as saying “Do you think I got 30 assists in ONE game by screwing around with the internets at halftime?!..shut it down chromedome!”

  • Joseph Posted: Mar.18 at 7:13 pm
    I agree with the Skiles-Man.

  • Dacre Posted: Mar.18 at 11:58 pm
    I agree with commonsense and a professional attitude.

  • NBA-JERSEY-KING Posted: Mar.19 at 2:59 am
    Twitter is great – I do it, although not when Scott Skiles is around

  • Jerry Sloan Knows Nothing About These Twittertubes You Speak Of | MOUTHPIECE Blog // A Chicago-Addled Sports Blog Posted: Mar.19 at 11:05 am
    [...] saying, yes that was really him doing it at half. Then NBA TV did a segment on it, and by Tuesday, Scott Skiles told Villanueva to cut it out. No more tweets at [...]

  • swoosh Posted: Mar.19 at 4:36 pm
    i agree with skiles, he needs to be focusing on winning.

  • @PatrickLok Posted: Mar.19 at 9:48 pm
    It’s actually called Tweeting – and it’s the Facebook of 08-09. There’s a reason Obama (did) and Shaq use it!

  • J.G. Posted: Mar.19 at 10:58 pm
    Skiles is right, good to hear charlie is listening

  • dustbury.com » Computer whiz Posted: Mar.22 at 1:01 pm
    [...] of a Bucks-Celtics game. (Here’s the tweet.) Bucks coach Scott Skiles was not amused, and ordered CV31 to cease and desist, at least during actual game [...]

  • SLAM ONLINE | » NBA to Unveil Twitter Rules Posted: Sep.4 at 9:00 am
    [...] In other words, Scott Skiles can finally have some inner peace. [...]

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